# Incident 20180219005199I: Cessna 182K, Soldotna, AK, February 19, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 19, 2018, 13:22 local time
- Place: Soldotna, AK
- Airport: Dutch Landing
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.4853° N, 151.0690° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Soldotna, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.4853&lon=-151.0690&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2586R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2586R-2026-09-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182K (registry code 2072724, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 16,975 total, 100 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180219005199I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING TO AK88 AIRPORT WITH TEMPERATURE -2 /-4 DEW POINT, WITH VISIBLE MOISTURE.  AIRCRAFT MADE APPROACH TO EAST FACING RUNWAY, AND SLOWED TO SLOW APPROACH SPEED DUE TO SHORT RUNWAY.  PILOT HAD ENGINE AT IDLE TO SLOW DOWN.  ON SHORT FINAL PILOT ADDED POWER TO MAKE RUNWAY, AND ENGINE DIED, CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO LAND SHORT IN THE SNOW JUST PRIOR TO RUNWAY.  NOSE GEAR FOLDED UPON IMPACT WITH DEEP SNOW.  PILOT WAS CERTAIN CARBURETOR ICING CAUSED ENGINE TO STOP.  PILOT WAS NOT WEARING SHOULDER HARNESS AND BROKE NOSE ON INSTRUMENT PANEL.

CARBURETOR HEAT KNOB WAS NOT PULLED OUT INTO THE "ON" POSITION UPON INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N2586R (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20230924015099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230924015099A), Sep 24, 2023: Cessna C182 (N2586R), Skwentna, AK, Substantial damage. Left main gear struck rock while landing on strip in trimble river valley, causing aircraft to lean and recieve right wing and prop damage.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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